The International Tennis Federation announced on Tuesday that the final phase of the Billie Jean King Cup 2022 would take place in Glasgow from November 8 to 13.
After Prague in 2021, Glasgow in 2022! The Fed Cup, which has become Billie Jean King Cup, set up a new formula last year, like the Davis Cup, with final phase on neutral land. And this year, it is therefore in the capital of Scotland, in the Emirates Arena, that it will take place from November 8 to 13, as announced by the International Tennis Federation on Tuesday. Great Britain, which lost 3-2 in the Czech Republic during qualifications in April, is therefore drafted as host country, and thus joins Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy (which eliminated France), Kazakhstan, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States. The drawing of the group stage will be held later in the year. As last year, the twelve teams will be divided into three hens of four, and the winner of each group will be qualified for the semi-finals.
Russia, title holder, excluded
“We are delighted to organize the final phase of the Billie Jean King Cup 2022 in Glasgow. The British Federation presented a very impressive offer as part of a competitive accommodation process. They successfully organized matches from the Davis Cup in Glasgow, and we are impatient to see the Women’s Tennis World Cup take place in front of passionate tennis fans around the world in an electric atmosphere, at the highest point of the women’s tennis season, “said David Haggerty, the president of the ITF. Last year, the competition was won by Russia, to the detriment of Switzerland (Australia and the United States were the other semi-finalists)But Russia will not be able to defend its title this year because it was excluded from the competition due to the invasion of Ukraine. The French team, on the other hand, will have to play a dam on November 11 and 12 to stay in the World Group and participate again in the qualifications next year. The Bleues do not yet know their opponent, but will be heads of standard. It will be against Serbia, Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Ukraine, Croatia, Slovenia or the Netherlands.
